Kubu Lodge Botswana

... on an open fire to set us up for the day. We decided to go into Shakawe as we were not to meet Greg from the Kubu Queen until later. Shakawe was not as big as we had imagined. It had a large Choppies supermarket that had recently opened but other than that ...

Sleeping on the deck of the Kubu Queen was incredible as you woke to a beautiful sunrise and large flocks of storks flying down river. I was slightly worried that we might get badly bitten but as the nights were cool and it was winter there were not any ...

... terrace viewing the river. The personnel at the restaurant is very nice and helpful. The night was the night of the national day in Botswana and the people have enjoyed the night with festivities and even the dogs joined the party and barked all night.

... nbsp; We found the locals to be friendly, food to be stew based and the climate to be dry and dusty. To explore Botswana and Namibia (since there is no public transport) we hired our own 4X4 in South Africa from a friend's, friend's(!) company, Bushlore ...

... in good time to Meet Kirsty (granddaughter) on 19th May - it may be that we'll forget Namibia for now and spend longer in Botswana and cross from here - we'll see.   Still having a wonderful time & Justine & Richard and already planning a ...